Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle tops weekend box office again

Published By Marriska Fernandes on Jan 14, 2018

An assortment of new movies hit theaters this past weekend, including awards season favorite The Post and action-packed thriller The Commuter. Here's what made it to the top five. Which movie did you watch this weekend?

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is still winning audiences and scored the top spot at the the box office for the second weekend in a row. The film earned $28.1 million and has a rating of 4 stars out of 5 from our users.

The Post, which is an awards season favorite, follows Washington Post publisher Kay Graham (Meryl Streep) and her driven editor, Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks), who work to expose the government’s true reason for involving itself in the Vietnam War. The film finished second, earning $19.4 million and has a rating of 4.3 stars from our users.

The Commuter debuted in third spot with $13.7 million. The action thriller stars Liam Neeson as a retired NYPD detective turned insurance salesman who takes the Hudson Line train every day. He is instructed to plant a GPS on a stranger on a commuter train or risk the lives of not only the other passengers but his family as well. Our users are enjoying the film, giving it a rating of 3.8 stars.

The Greatest Showmanstarring Hugh Jackman earned $12.5 million in its fourth weekend in theaters. Our users are enjoying the film and have given it a rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars.

Rounding out the top five was the horror film Insidious: The Last Key with a weekend take of $12.4 million. Our users are enjoying the film, giving it a rating of 3.8 stars out of 5.